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<blockquote data-quote="Io- lord of all" data-source="post: 9826328" data-attributes="member: 7055382"><p>To respond to this, Well Done. Yes, I was quit vague in my description of this dragon, as it is more of a phantom of an idea within my mind, and I feel I require critique to further develop it. Though ‘Power Fantasy’ is a most excellent way to describe it. Mostly, and if my chosen moniker did not say this already, dragons are my MOST FAVORITE fantasy race, and in my (in this subject) not so humble opinion, the absolute pinnacle of the fantasy genre, but I digress. </p><p></p><p>This dragon started as most dragons do, with his innate magic, sorcery, which is a mix of fire and ice magics. Also, for clarity this dragon is of the chaotic good bent, so mix a silver and copper dragon together, and you would be quite close to my dragon. He is fond of other races, and quite quick to defend them, but, he has a philosophy, which is “ while I shall fight evil wherever I find it in my travels, I do not seek out evil,” . This of course means that my dragon loves to travel, and does so quite often. </p><p></p><p>But again, to the magic, he first began to learn and practice sorcery, mastering it to a respectable degree. Arlin his 50th year he began to learn wizardly magics and learned that alongside his sorcery. And at his 100th year he began to learn psionics. Again, a bit fast, but there IS precedent for this. In a MrRhexx video he showed a young dragon who was quite powerful in magic at a young age, one who he implied was all but guaranteed to become an ancient dragon. So, we’ve described the how, but what about the WHEN. As I am sure you know a great wyrm is over 1,000 years old, so he has had copious time to master his three disciplines of power. </p><p></p><p>So, the why? Well, it is more like, ‘why not’ , this dragon sought a god like existence, because, 1st, he wanted to see if it could be done, 2nd, there are things that only a god can see, do, and experience, so gaining this power would allow for this. And 3rd this dragon LOVES magic with such a joy and passion that, the puzzle of gaining this power, the time, research, resource accusation, and raw power create a arcane puzzle that would entertain him for years. </p><p></p><p>Now, for the power, that is both simple and complicated. So, he absorbs the essence of divinity, primordial, and psionics, in absurd amounts. He searched for and found the corpses of dozens of primordials, to gain the essence of fire, water, earth, air, light and dark, and from them all other elements. For the divine he sought the divinity’s of freedom, magic, magical creatures, and dragons. And yes, I know that these portfolios are in the hands of other gods, but this dragon is not a NORMAL god, or rather, a normal god level being. I know this is uncharted territory but still. As for the psionics, that is simply pure power attuned to his mental landscape. </p><p></p><p>Now I know this does not fully explain the power, but this will. To do this he created a ritual that spawned the cosmic wheel, the astral and elemental chaos, all centering in this dragon. The RAW power, leading to his rank, power from endless realms of PURE MAGICAL POWER. Imagine that, all that power, funneling into a single being, what could that lead to if not an intermediate god. </p><p></p><p>I await your response</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Io- lord of all, post: 9826328, member: 7055382"] To respond to this, Well Done. Yes, I was quit vague in my description of this dragon, as it is more of a phantom of an idea within my mind, and I feel I require critique to further develop it. Though ‘Power Fantasy’ is a most excellent way to describe it. Mostly, and if my chosen moniker did not say this already, dragons are my MOST FAVORITE fantasy race, and in my (in this subject) not so humble opinion, the absolute pinnacle of the fantasy genre, but I digress. This dragon started as most dragons do, with his innate magic, sorcery, which is a mix of fire and ice magics. Also, for clarity this dragon is of the chaotic good bent, so mix a silver and copper dragon together, and you would be quite close to my dragon. He is fond of other races, and quite quick to defend them, but, he has a philosophy, which is “ while I shall fight evil wherever I find it in my travels, I do not seek out evil,” . This of course means that my dragon loves to travel, and does so quite often. But again, to the magic, he first began to learn and practice sorcery, mastering it to a respectable degree. Arlin his 50th year he began to learn wizardly magics and learned that alongside his sorcery. And at his 100th year he began to learn psionics. Again, a bit fast, but there IS precedent for this. In a MrRhexx video he showed a young dragon who was quite powerful in magic at a young age, one who he implied was all but guaranteed to become an ancient dragon. So, we’ve described the how, but what about the WHEN. As I am sure you know a great wyrm is over 1,000 years old, so he has had copious time to master his three disciplines of power. So, the why? Well, it is more like, ‘why not’ , this dragon sought a god like existence, because, 1st, he wanted to see if it could be done, 2nd, there are things that only a god can see, do, and experience, so gaining this power would allow for this. And 3rd this dragon LOVES magic with such a joy and passion that, the puzzle of gaining this power, the time, research, resource accusation, and raw power create a arcane puzzle that would entertain him for years. Now, for the power, that is both simple and complicated. So, he absorbs the essence of divinity, primordial, and psionics, in absurd amounts. He searched for and found the corpses of dozens of primordials, to gain the essence of fire, water, earth, air, light and dark, and from them all other elements. For the divine he sought the divinity’s of freedom, magic, magical creatures, and dragons. And yes, I know that these portfolios are in the hands of other gods, but this dragon is not a NORMAL god, or rather, a normal god level being. I know this is uncharted territory but still. As for the psionics, that is simply pure power attuned to his mental landscape. Now I know this does not fully explain the power, but this will. To do this he created a ritual that spawned the cosmic wheel, the astral and elemental chaos, all centering in this dragon. The RAW power, leading to his rank, power from endless realms of PURE MAGICAL POWER. Imagine that, all that power, funneling into a single being, what could that lead to if not an intermediate god. I await your response [/QUOTE]
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